Talking-machine.



H. B. BABSON & A. HAUG.

TALKING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 17, 1909.

1,074,080, Patented Sept. 23. 1913.

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UNIX. ED L%Trtttlli1t% OFFICE HENRY BLAKEBABSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AND ANDREW HAUG, O1? CALDWELL, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS TO UNIVERSAL TALKING MACHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TALKING-IVIAOHINE,

LOThOSU.

PatentedSept.23,1913.

Original application filed March 7, 1905, Serial No. 248,872. Divided and this application filed Julv 1909. Serial No. 508,115.

To (:71 tin/1.0m it may non/lore lie it known that we, llnxnv Timur. Ban-- son and :lnmznw llano, eitizens of the l lnitetl States, residing, respertively, at'( ,hi-- eago, in the eounty of Cook aml State at l'llineis antl. tahlwell, in the county of Essex ttlltl State of New Jersey, have inventetl eertain new aml useful il mproventents in 'llalltitigr-flilt ehines. ot' Wltit'll the 't'ollrhvingr a speeiliealion. I

()ur invention relates generally to talking maehines antl has partieular ret'e 'enee to the mounting of the souml eonveyi'ng tube taumeetinn the reprotlueer am] the born, this applieation being a tlivision ot' that iilttl by us ltlareh T. 11105, Serial No. 218.872.

Ordinarily, the sountl eonveying tube or taper arm, as it is generally known, is mounted in a manner to permit tree move ment of the reprotlmrer in planes parallel and at rigl'it angles to the surtaee ol' the reeortl antl in providing; tor sueh nmvements of the reprotlueer, various eonstruetions have heretofore been tlevisetl whieh are ole t'eetio'nable owin to com illt'tllihl and resulting eost of manut'aetitue. aeruraey oli a ljustment required aml liability ot getting out of order, (litlieulty in assembling parts, etc, etc.

The present invention is designed to overcome the objections above pointetl out by protlu-eing an extremely simple aml e l'eetive form of mounting eniploying a minimum number of parts of simple eoustriu-tion, the assembling or removal oi? which requires neither skill, experienee nor sperial tools iii and may be reatlily aeeomplishetl by the average user of a machine.

A construction eml'iotlying our invention is illustrated in the accompanying tlrawing's. 'e wish it untlerstootl, however. that: we do not limit; ourselves to either the preeise form or arrangement of parts shown, as various changes may be matte therein without departing from the spirit and scope ot our invention.

in the drawings. l igrure 1 is a View in Sitlt) elevation with parts in seetion, showing our invention applietl to a well known type of talkin maehine. l ig. 2 is a seeti .n1al view taken on the line a", a of Fig. 1. F and t are ttetail views in section, and Fig. 5 is a plan view of one of the parts employed to mount the taper arm i: the horn-supportinn braeket.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 represents a portion of the cabinet; in whieh the nutor or driving meehanism is (.fOllttllIltEtl.

2 is the turn-table carrying the record 3 amt eonneeted in the usual inanner to be driven by ,the motor. Secured to the cabinet; aml extending outwartl therefrom, there is a braeket t, whieb terminates in a sleeve- !ike oil-set 5, having the smaller tlltl ot the horn ti loosely iltltll therein as shown. The sleeve is r-imnterborial forming a flange 7 at; its lower tIHl aml lree to rotate therein therein a ring S, whirh is shouhleretl at t) to [)l'tiYllt a eoiiperating flange 10. The llangres may eome to a tlireet bearing one upon the other but, in oreler to relluee t rietion as mueh as possible, a spring; ring ll is preferably employetl between them an l has slruek-up portions 12 forming a bearing; sur t;are upon whirh the flange lt) rests. The

ring 8 has an extemhal portion 1;, projecting below the braeket: sleeve to receive the shape l eml 1 t oi? the taper arm 15. 'lhis arm 15 carries the rtairotlueer It at its outer eml mat is seeuretl in suspentletl relation in the ring 8 upon the cone points of iliametrirally tlisposetl pins, serews or the like 17.

in assembling the parts, the rings 8 and I], entered through the upper eml ot" the sleeve, are placed in position upon the supporting flange 7 aml are hehl against verti eal play by the small en l ot the horn, \vhieh eoiiperates therewith as an annular stop shouhler. 'lhe shapetl einl ol" the taper arm is then l'itlttl in the extended portion 13 ot the ring 8, \vhieh projeets below the bracket sleeve :llHl is seeuretl by the serews 17. Thus mouutetl, it will be seen that tl P arm is free to move in planes parallel aml at right, angles to the Slllftllftl ol the reeortl, as rt (piiretl. It will also be observed that by reason of the extremely simple eonstruetion aml arrangement, oi" parts, the average user of a tnaehine ean readily aml conveniently tliseonneet aml reassemble the above the seribetl men'lbers forming the mounting for the taper arm, for purposes of examination, repair, eto, thus avoiding the neeessity of shipping the machine to a shop or tartory ot' the maker.

The operation antl many important atl- 'tion, we claim In' a talking machine, the combination of a horn supporting bracket provided with an annular flange; a ring having struck up portions supported by the flange, a sound conveying tube extending from the bracket and terminating in a reproducer,-and a member rotatably mounted in the ring and having a depending extension in which the sound conveying tube is held in suspended relation.

I In testimony whereof, I affi'x my signa- 15 ture-in the presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY BLAKE BABSON.

Witnesses;

'GUsTAvUs Benson, Fnnmi. BABSON, In testimony whereof, I aflixmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

, ANDREW HAUG. Witnesses:

WALTER H. PUMPHREY, M. G. CRAWFORD. 

